Total Crime Rate

198.3 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 198.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 80.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 54.6 10/10
  • Other theft 11.5 8/10
  • Drugs 8.6 8/10
  • Public order 8.6 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.8 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.8 4/10
  • Other crime 5.8 7/10
  • Robbery 5.8 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.8 5/10
  • Burglary 2.9 2/10
  • Theft from the person 2.9 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

North Station Road area has the 14th highest crime rate of 41 local areas in Castle , and the 57th highest crime rate of 615 local areas in Colchester .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around North Station Road (CO1 1RB) in the last 12 months was 198.3 per 1,000 residents and was 36.4% lower than the Castle average (311.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 94.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 4.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around North Station Road (CO1 1RB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Market Close, where police recorded 49 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sheepen Road (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in North Station Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A133 Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Market Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Margaret Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Serpentine Walk Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences John Harper Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences John Harper Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences John Harper Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences John Harper Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Green'S Yard Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences John Harper Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Market Close
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Market Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Market Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Market Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A133 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Market Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Victoria Chase Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Short Cut Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Short Cut Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Short Cut Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Short Cut Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Poplar Hall Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wycliffe Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A133 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Clarendon Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft St Peter'S Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Peter'S Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft A133 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary North Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sheepen Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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